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Hebrew and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Israel   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Poland   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Academy of the Hebrew Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
0   

How Many Consonants
9   
1
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Hebrew   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
Danke   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
bitte   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
Tschüs   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Israel, Palestine   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
9.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
Deutsch   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
allemand   
hébreu   

German Name
Deutsch   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Western   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
9   
9
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
heb   

ISO 639 3
deu   
heb   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All German and Hebrew Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Hebrew dialects. Various dialects of German and Hebrew language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Hebrew Dialects are spoken in different Hebrew speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Hebrew Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Hebrew dialects include: Ashkenazi Hebrew , Samaritan Hebrew. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Hebrew Speaking population

German and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of German and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Hebrew on German vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Hebrew Language Codes

German and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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